Little Butterflies Woodville Preschool
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Woodville, Swadlincote for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2007, with 21 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Derbyshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Derbyshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
DE11 7EAWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 27 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
There is a strong commitment to the inclusion of all children at this warm and welcoming setting. Leaders and staff skilfully support each child to settle in according to their needs, in close collaboration with parents and carers. Even when children become upset, staff minimise the impact on the child and any potential disruption to others effectively. All children show that they feel safe and secure.
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive focused support and make rapid progress in their development. All children are developing the key values identified in the setting's curriculum, such as independence and curiosity. For example, children experiment by adding sand to water and discussing what happens. As they spend time at the craft table, they decide they want a particular colour of glue, and test this out by mixing paint into it.
On the odd occasion that children do not agree, they develop the necessary skills to manage this themselves. For example, children work together to build a structure. As a child places a brick on top of the corner, another child expresses that this part is already complete. The child repositions the brick and they continue extending the structure.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to further extend children's learning to help them to make the best possible progress.
- 27 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 5 March 2024Needs improvement
- 7 March 2023Needs improvement
- 25 April 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Butterflies Woodville Preschool
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.